On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > > One thing I don't like about the white-listing idea is that it will > have the tendency to mask problems we really would be better off > solving.
I'm not sure how we fix devices that can't browse getting through, unless we decide that certain protocols are okay, and open those ports. The slope I see there is that we say VoIP should be open, so we allow that without the captive portal, then someone argues that mail should be open too. So do we open mail, because it can exist without a (useable) browser, or do we keep it closed because mail is more likely to be used in a non ToS approved manner, or because it is very popular and we want those folks to see the splash. Registering/Whitelisting is nice because it fulfills the desire for people to be aware of us and it seamlessly allows things to go through that we want to go through, while leaving splash for everything/one else. -- Michael Weinberg President Personal Telco Project, Inc. A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
